Position Summary:

The Site Procurement Leader provides direct accountability and oversight for total purchasing & procurement activities for Plasma Canada ensuring alignment with corporate strategies, policies, and applicable Canadian regulatory requirements. They work closely with Global Procurement and Business Unit leadership in pursuit of sustainable reductions in total cost of ownership of goods and services procured by ensuring that the lowest long term costs and highest quality goods and services are made available to Grifols.

Position Objective:

The Site Procurement Leader is responsible for leading and overseeing purchasing and procurement activities across the Plasma Canada operations, ensuring alignment with global and regional strategies, corporate policies and support strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, cost optimization, contract compliance, and purchasing efficiency to support uninterrupted plasma collection operations across the Canadian donor center network

This position works in close partnership with Global Procurement, Plasma Operations, Finance, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Compliance, Facilities, Engineering, and IT teams to identify business needs, establish effective sourcing strategies, manage supplier performance, and ensure the timely acquisition of goods and services. They also oversee procurement processes, purchasing controls, supplier agreements, and spend management to promote operational consistency, mitigate supply chain risks, and maintain compliance with corporate standards and applicable regulations.

They will drive continuous improvement in procurement practices, strengthen supplier partnerships, and implement standardized purchasing processes that align with Global Procurement to achieve sustainable cost savings, improve operational efficiency, and ensure the availability of critical supplies, equipment, and services required to support current operations and future growth across the Canadian Donor Center network.

Position Responsibilities:

- Provides key input, reviews and adheres to the procurement policies and procedures that deliver best-in-class performance and are in compliance with all applicable corporate and federal regulatory requirements and standards. Establishes controls and procedures to support the procurement function.

- Identify and implement cost optimization initiatives, including national supplier agreements, purchasing consolidation, specification standardization, and sustainable cost-saving opportunities.

- Leads sourcing efforts to enhance critical strategic sourcing business processes that includes supplier management and leveraging sourcing best practices and new developments in the industry. Oversees/negotiates multi-year purchasing contracts with major suppliers, blanket purchase orders, and national contracts for company. Develops the supply base, including assessment of capabilities for security of supply, capacities, cost structure, and future plans. Reviews solicitations to ensure comprehensive evaluation criteria are included where appropriate.

- Oversees the day to day procurement operations. Schedules and assures timely completion of any transactions and analyses affecting the monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial closings. Drives the standardization of purchasing best practices, processes and procedures. Attracts, retains, and develops department staff.

- Coordinate with donor center stakeholders to forecast purchasing needs, prioritize requests, and ensure procurement activities support operational demands and business continuity.

- Oversee purchase requisitions, purchase orders, approvals, order tracking, and purchasing documentation in accordance with established procurement policies and internal controls.

- Monitor order fulfillment, delivery schedules, and supplier commitments to resolve delays, shortages, discrepancies, and other issues affecting donor center operations.

- Ensure the availability of critical materials, equipment, and services required to maintain uninterrupted plasma collection activities across Canada.





- Coordinate with site-level teams, suppliers, and corporate teams to resolve purchasing issues and ensure timely execution of purchasing activities.

- Monitor procurement spending, analyze purchasing trends, support budget planning, and identify opportunities to improve financial performance and procurement efficiency.

- Partner with Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance to ensure supplier qualification and procurement processes meet applicable quality standards, corporate requirements, and regulatory expectations.

- Promotes and participates in company-wide committees and task forces to ensure that strategic sourcing input is integrated into major business decisions and initiatives. Champions sourcing participation and support in project and day to day business unit activities.

- Interacts with various levels of management on significant matters requiring coordination between various functional groups within the organization. Coordinates and communicates status reports and other relevant information to senior management, program managers, and personnel.

- Tracks planned and achieved savings and build methods for incorporating savings from sourcing teams into annual operating budgets. Assists in the development and implementation of procedures for streamlining the interface with the account payable accrual process. Oversees the development and maintenance of procurement manual(s).

- Identifies and executes performance improvement initiatives aimed at identifying and achieving year-on-year reductions in total sourcing spend where appropriate. Creates and implements a continuous improvement approach which will encompass a wide range of activities such as cross-functional sourcing teams targeting as well as supplier management and development. Creates and maintains a common scorecard that measures supplier performance across key service, price, quality and innovation dimensions. Adopts electronic purchasing capabilities to minimize transaction and resource intense activities. Integrates purchasing activities into core business processes, especially new product development and design-to-cost efforts on legacy products.

- Ensures that internal policies (e.g., code of ethics) or procedures and behavior exhibited by the organization is honest, ethical, and professional and meet all requirement for Sarbanes – Oxley compliance.

- Maintain a thorough understanding of global procurement policies, applicable Canadian regulatory requirements, and internal Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

- Travel as required to assess purchasing needs, support operational initiatives, and strengthen collaboration with site teams.

Required Skills, Qualifications and Experience:

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Business Administration, Operations Management, Finance, or a related field.

- Skilled certifications in procurement or supply chain management, such as Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP), Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), or an equivalent designation, are preferred.

- Candidates with a college diploma or relevant technical qualification and substantial progressive experience in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain management may be considered.

Required Skills

- Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing, procurement, purchasing operations, supplier selection, contract negotiation, and procurement governance.

- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement procurement strategies that support cost optimization, supply continuity, and operational requirements across a geographically dispersed Canadian network.





- Strong supplier relationship management skills, including supplier evaluation, contract administration, performance monitoring, and issue resolution.

- Knowledge of commercial negotiations, competitive bidding, pricing agreements, service-level agreements (SLAs), and contract compliance.

- Ability to analyze procurement spending, manage budgets, identify cost-saving opportunities, and support financial planning and forecasting.

- Strong understanding of purchasing processes, including purchase requisitions, purchase orders, approvals, order tracking, and supplier payment coordination.

- Knowledge of inventory management, demand planning, and supply chain risk mitigation to ensure the availability of critical materials, equipment, and services.

- Understanding of supplier qualification, quality requirements, procurement documentation, and compliance expectations within regulated healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or plasma collection environments.

- Proficiency in enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, procurement platforms, spend analytics, and reporting tools.

- Strong project management, organizational, and analytical skills, including the ability to manage competing priorities, deadlines, and procurement initiatives.

- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with various teams including but not limited to Operations, Finance, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Compliance, Facilities, Engineering, IT, Global Procurement, and external suppliers.

- Strong negotiation, communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and stakeholder management skills.

- Demonstrated leadership, accountability, and commitment to continuous improvement, operational efficiency, and sustainable cost savings.

Experience

- Requires 5–10 years of progressive experience in procurement, purchasing, strategic sourcing, or supply chain management.

- At least 2–3 years of experience leading procurement activities, managing supplier relationships, negotiating contracts, or overseeing purchasing operations.

- Demonstrated experience managing procurement and purchasing activities across multiple sites, business units, or geographically dispersed operations.

- Experience managing supplier selection, competitive bidding, commercial negotiations, contract renewals, and supplier performance.

- Experience analyzing procurement spending, managing budgets, identifying cost-reduction opportunities, and tracking procurement performance metrics.

- Demonstrated experience coordinating purchasing activities to ensure the timely availability of operational supplies, consumables, equipment, and services.

- Experience implementing procurement policies, purchasing procedures, approval controls, and standardized processes to improve compliance and operational efficiency.

- Experience assessing supplier risks, resolving supply disruptions, and developing strategies to maintain continuity of supply for business-critical operations.

- Experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to forecast purchasing requirements, evaluate suppliers, establish specifications, and support operational and capital expenditure needs.

- Experience managing procurement projects, process improvements, supplier transitions, or contract standardization initiatives.

- Experience working in a regulated healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, laboratory, or plasma collection environment is preferred.

- Experience with ERP or procurement systems, supplier performance reporting, and spend analysis tools is preferred.

- Experience supporting national or multi-site operations across Canada and collaborating with global procurement or category management teams is preferred.

Pay: $150,000.00-$175,000.00 per year

Benefits:

- Dental care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Toronto, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

- Procurement management: 3 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person

📌 Site Procurement Leader (Toronto)
🏢 Grifols Plasma Donation Center
📍 Toronto